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USGS us10002bns

22 May 2015, 23:03

174 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 July 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 174 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-11.092600, 163.380800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10002bns
Coordinates
-11.0926, 163.3808
Network
us
Significance
400